Service difficulty report · Gasket · Mooney M20J

Difficulty date
September 27, 2012
Submitted
September 27, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4305H
Make and model
Mooney M20J
Aircraft serial
240788
Aircraft time
4,105 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360A3B6D
Engine time
3,026 hours
Part
Gasket
Condition
Unknown
Location
Magneto
Part time
1,550 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ENGINE STARTED TO LEAK OIL. FOUND MAGNETO LOOSE TO ENGINE BUT HOLD DOWN BLOCKS WERE TIGHT TO THE ENGINE. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE MAGETO CASE. MEASURED A NEW GASKET AND ITS THICKNESS IS .034. THE NEW GASKETS, ARE THINNER THAN USED, WAS THE PROBLEM DUE TO THE HOLD DOWN BLOCKS NOT PROVIDING PROPER CLAMPING TENSION.

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